..05 USD), whereas for OA, it was 237.8 euros (314.77 USD). The severity of appendicitis is not a limitation for LA. Because of an insufficient costing system in Greece, the best cost effectiveness is for young women and obese men...

..The aim of this study is to evaluate the most cost-effective treatment strategy using preperitoneal mesh for patients with recurrent inguinal hernia. Currently, the issue of cost-effectiveness is entirely unresolved...

Transanal endoscopic microsurgery for T1 and T2 rectal cancers: a meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis of outcomes

..Unfavorable tumor preoperative histology does not seem to influence the selection between TEM and SR. TEM is more effective than TAE in obtaining negative surgical margins and shows a greater disease-free survival...

Prolonged survival after the surgical management of a solitary malignant melanoma lesion within the pancreas: A case report of curative resection

..Curative surgical resection should be offered to selected patients with a solitary pancreatic malignant melanoma metastasis. Such aggressive management may lead to prolonged, and disease-free survival...